Poster Crit / Tempest
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- zedvox
hi guys here are two drafts i am working on right now for a poster for the play Tempest.
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~at…
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- function820
i like the feel of the red one better, but theres no real focal point, i found myself looking all over before i actually read it because i wasn't getting a feeling of where to start, if this is something people are going to be quickly walking past, it might catch their eye, but they might not get the intended message
the brown one is nice too, but the yellow bar steals the focus from the title, also the yellow 8 doenst appear to have any meaning, because it jumps out and it doesnt relate to the pm that is on the line below. this poster also has the feel of an old play book, which im assuming was the intent
- forcetwelve0
i like your ambitions, nearly there i reckon - i agree with function82 comments - to me the background is a bit heavy also. maybe if it were on like a faded piece of white paper instead of dark brown.
try to establish a main focal point - potentially by limiting colour use to only the important bits.
look at some more bauhaus books - they never have more than one angle to lay the type on - 45deg/right angles... hope it helps.
- fresnobob0
Is the typeface appropriate? Unless this is anupdated version of the play, i would consider something more appropriate. Futura Condensed(?) definatley isn't a typeface that screams "SHAKESPEARE!" And if it is an updated version, i would drop the background, because then it feels older. You also need to work a lot on the heirarchy of information. And ask yourself one more question for me, "Do these look more like posters or bookcovers?"
- clerk0
i like the grid layout ambition. but i'd work more with the proportions and typography to create more harmony. and imho the red poster lack structure, there's no real entrance to the content.
- agentfour0
i like No.1